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1. aheap, adv. View full entry 1827
...Into a heap. Freq. to fall aheap. Also fig. Cf. all of a heapheap5e....
2. ahorse, adv. View full entry 1808
...On horseback....
3. archaeologue, n. View full entry 1839
...An archæologist or antiquarian....
4. automobiling, n. View full entry 1898
...The action of driving or travelling in an automobile; driving, motoring. Also: this as a sport or pastime....
5. automobilism, n. View full entry 1896
...The use of automobiles or motor vehicles; automobile travel. Cf. automobiling...
6. automobilist, n. View full entry 1896
...A person who drives or uses an automobile; a motorist....
7. banesman, n. View full entry 1870
...A murderer....
8. barˈbulye, n. View full entry 1820
...Confusion, perplexity, quandary....
9. beˈwrayment, n. View full entry 1864
...The fact of bewraying, disclosure....
10. bioscope, n. View full entry 1812
...A circular scale for representing a person's life, having seventy divisions corresponding to seventy years (ten of which represent one of the seven supposed stages of human life), with a pointer for...
11. ˈbridemaiden, n. View full entry 1808
...= bridemaidbridesmaidForms, bridesmaid...
12. ˈbroideress, n. View full entry 1827
...A female embroiderer....
13. bubu(c)kled, adj. View full entry 1822
...Covered with ‘bubukles’ or large pimples....
14. calligraph, n.1 View full entry 1853
...One who writes beautifully; spec. a professional transcriber of manuscripts....
15. coinˈtise, n. View full entry 1834
...An elegant or fanciful dress, symbolical or ornamental apparel; esp. the pendant scarf worn on ladies' head-dresses, and also affixed to the jousting-helmets of knights, as a ‘favour’. See ...
16. coˈmmonish, v. View full entry 1849
...trans. To remind, put in mind (of)....
17. coˈrallian, adj. View full entry 1842
...Of or pertaining to coral; = coralline; esp. in Corallian Sea....
18. diˈgladiator, n. View full entry 1803
...A combatant; one who contends or disputes....
19. emboˈscata, n. View full entry 1820
...incorrect spelling of (Italian) imboscata, ambuscade...
20. ere, n. View full entry 1866
...(See quot. 1866.)...
